Spaghetti Bolognese

On Tuesday 12 June (Which happned to also be Niki's 27th Bday!!) we headed to Bologna... as you probably guess from it's name that's where spaghetti bolognese was 'invented'. (Not that we had any!) We went and saw yet another Basilica. They are truly amazing buildings but i think I'm all Basillica'd out now! Unfortunately you aren't allowed to take pics inside. We found Bologna's 'leaning' tower and went up a 97m tower next to it, narrow as winding wooden stiars the whole way up... bit freaky!! Right at the top you have amazing views ...well we did for a few mins before it started pouring with rain, on our way back down we could see the lightening bolts! We decided to sit down and have a drink to wait out the rain and weren't really sure what else to do in Bologna...if in doubt have a drink! That evening we went out to dinner in a proper restaurant. Some of the food was nice but portions were small (which doesn't work for us BIG eaters!) so it was kind of disappointing for the cost of €45 (even though I know I shouldn't be converting it back to NZ dollars it's hard not to...$90NZD for dinner & 1 glass of wine!)

So a crazy memorable bday for Niki being in Italy ... but a shame it wasn't one of the better days we've had...can't control the weather I guess!